Perl is a sought-after scripting language that is considered to be one of the most practical languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the support for modules - sets of commands for a particular task which can be integrated into a script by simply calling them i.e. you can write just a single line inside your script to get a module executed, rather than having the whole program code which is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl can be used with many other languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it is used by a number of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

In case you acquire a Linux cloud web hosting through us, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem since we have numerous modules on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are created. With each plan, you'll be provided with access to more than 3000 modules that you're able to use in your scripts and you can find the complete list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well as the path that you need to use to gain access to them. Should you use any kind of script that you have downloaded from a third-party website, you can be sure that it will run correctly whatever the modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your website hosting package doesn't come with cron jobs, you're able to include this option with a few clicks in the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all our servers, so when you aquire a semi-dedicated server account through us, you will be able to use any custom-made or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save you time and effort, we have also added several thousand modules that you are able to take advantage of. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and include any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, will need particular modules, to function effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two separate ways - manually, if a visitor performs a certain action on your website, or automatically, if you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you'll be able to choose the interval according to what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etcetera.